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<div align="center"><font size="6"><b> SwordBible Notes  </b></font></div> <br /><br />


 SwordBible provides an integrated editor for creating your own commentaries or study notes, with several features that you would expect in a word processing software such as WordPad. The notes are stored in Microsoft rich-text format (RTF) in a database file (usually C:\Program Files\SwordBible\Personal.mbd) located in your installation folder. If this file does not exist, the program will create an empty file. This file is not deleted when you uninstall the program, although you can manually delete it if you like. When you install a newer version of SwordBible over an existing version, the notes file is not over-written to ensure that you do not lose your work. The notes editor tab sits in the bottom right window of your screen, along with the commentary tabs. You can use the <a href="MainToolbar.htm">main toolbar</a> to maximize the notes view and expand it to fit the entire screen. <br /><br />

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<li> Click on the drop-down box to select a book of the bible. When you select a new book, the notes editor will automatically jump to the first chapter of that book. The selection in the chapter drop-down box (#2 in the picture) will reflect that change. Each chapter of any given book of the bible is stored as a separate entry by the notes editor. Before you jump to a different book or chapter, be sure to click the Save button (#3 in the above picture) to avoid losing your work.<br /><br />   </li> 

<li> Click on this drop down box to select a different chapter of the currently active book (#1). Before you jump to a different book or chapter, be sure to click the Save button (#3) to avoid losing your work.<br /><br /> </li> 

<li> The save button stores your personal notes or commentary in the database (usually located at C:\Program Files\SwordBible\Personal.mbd). Be sure to save your work before you close the program or navigate to a different book (#1) or chapter (#2)<br /><br />  </li> 

<li> The Print button combines the print and the print-preview functionalities. Clicking on this button will bring up the print-preview dialog box. The print dialog box will pop up after you close the preview dialog.<br /><br /></li>  


<li> The synchronize feature, when active, links the location of your notes editor to that of the main bible. For example, if you navigate to Genesis chapter 3 in the main bible window, the notes editor will automatically jump to Genesis 3 (indicated by change in button #1 and #2). This feature is helpful if you want to study the bible one chapter at a time, while at the same time reading or reviewing the corresponding notes for that chapter.<br /><br /> </li> 

<li> Insert a bible verse reference into your study notes. The inserted reference (such as Gen 1:5) works as a hyperlink. Clicking on that verse reference will position the main bible text to that chapter and verse. <br /><br /></li>

<li> Cut the selected text. The selected text is copied to the clipboard and removed from the notes editor. This action has no effect if there is no text selected. <br /><br /></li> 

<li> Copy the selected text to clipboard. This action has no effect if there is no text selected. <br /><br /></li> 

<li> Pastes the formatted text from the clipboard into the notes editor. This action has no effect if there is no text on the clipboard. <br /><br /></li> 

<li> Lists the available fonts installed in your system. Use this drop-down menu to change the font of the selected text.  <br /><br /></li> 

<li> Use this drop-down menu to change the size of the selected text.  <br /><br /></li> 

<li> Make the selected text bold  <br /><br /></li> 

<li> Makes the selected text italic<br /><br />  </li> 

<li> Underline the selected text <br /><br /></li> 

<li> Launches the text color selection dialog, as shown below. Click on OK after selecting the desired text color. You can choose a standard color, or define your own custom color by entering the RGB components of that color on the bottom right hand corner of the dialog window.<br /><br />

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<li> Align the text to the left<br /><br /> </li> 

<li> Center the text <br /><br /></li> 

<li> Align the text to the right<br /><br /> </li> 

<li> Insert bullets <br /><br /></li> 


<li> The right-click menu provides the same functions as the notes toolbar. This is helpful if some of the buttons are hidden, that is, your screen size does not allow you to view all the buttons on the notes toolbar. <br /><br /></li> 

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